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Peters declares Scorecard needs work
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Peters declares Scorecard needs work

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks to reporters after Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate. Nicole Ault | Collegian The College Scorecard released by the Department of Education last September may need some improvement, Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters said. The Scorecard is a tool designed to help prospective students across the nation compare colleges and universities and...

Renowned economist speaks on campus
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Renowned economist speaks on campus

Economist Deirdre McCloskey lectures on classical liberalism Tuesday, March 8 in Dow A & B. Eric Ragan | Courtesy More than 140 students and faculty crowded Dow A & B Tuesday to hear from world-famous economist Deirdre McCloskey speak on “How True Liberalism Enriched the World.” Free-market student organization Praxis invited McCloskey to spend all...

Q&A: Deirdre McCloskey
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Q&A: Deirdre McCloskey

Deirdre McCloskey speaks to students Tuesday, March 8 on classical liberalism for Praxis. Eric Ragan | Courtesy Deirdre McCloskey is a renowned free-market economist, essayist, and professor who has written more than a dozen books and hundreds of scholarly articles. A modern expert in economic history, McCloskey, who worked for several years with Milton Friedman,...

Hillsdale scores tickets to GOP Detroit debate
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Hillsdale scores tickets to GOP Detroit debate

Detroit, Michigan’s Fox Theatre held the GOP presidential debate Thursday, March 3. Macaela Bennett | Collegian Although tickets to last Thursday’s GOP presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, were scarce, Hillsdale College students, staff, and faculty didn’t have a problem finding their way into the audience. Days before the debate was set to be held at...

Mechanical problem temporarily closes preschool
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Mechanical problem temporarily closes preschool

Mary Randall Preschool closed Tuesday afternoon after the air-conditioning unit caused the building to fill with smoke. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy No children were in Mary Randall Preschool when smoke wafted from the mechanical room about midday last Monday, prompting the school to cancel afternoon classes. “There was a malfunction with the mechanics of the...